Studying at the University of Verona
Study Plan
The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.
1° Year
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Medical and scientific English
2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2022/2023
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3° Year activated in the A.Y. 2023/2024
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4° Year activated in the A.Y. 2024/2025
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5° Year It will be activated in the A.Y. 2025/2026
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6° Year It will be activated in the A.Y. 2026/2027
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Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)
TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
Physiology II and Psychology (2023/2024)
Teaching code
4S01167
Credits
12
Coordinator
Language
Italian
Courses Single
Not Authorized
The teaching is organized as follows:
FISIOLOGIA
Credits
9
Period
See the unit page
Location
VERONA
Academic staff
See the unit page
Learning objectives
The goal of the course is to form students in relation to the following topics: - The role of the kidney in ensuring balance of the body for water and solutes, as well as acid-base balance; - Basal metabolism and activity metabolism, and the body requirements in terms of calories and specific nutrients, including the regulatory role of the nervous system and of various hormones; - The physiology of the digestive tract, including motility, secretion, digestion, and absorption; - The endocrine glands and their control by the hypothalamus-hypophysis; - The structure and function of the sensory and motor systems and their centers in the brain; - The structure and mechanisms underlying the sleep-wake cycle; - The cellular and molecular mechanisms of neuronal plasticity; - The psychological and neuropsychological bases of learning and memory, perception, attention, motivation and emotion, intelligence and language; - Hemispheric specialization and interaction, and the biological bases of perceptual awareness.
Prerequisites and basic notions
The goal of the course is to form students in relation to the following topics:
- The role of the kidney in ensuring balance of the body for water and solutes, as well as acid-base balance;
- Basal metabolism and activity metabolism, and the body requirements in terms of calories and specific nutrients, including the regulatory role of the nervous system and of various hormones;
- The physiology of the digestive tract, including motility, secretion, digestion, and absorption;
- The endocrine glands and their control by the hypothalamus-hypophysis;
- The structure and function of the sensory and motor systems and their centers in the brain;
- The structure and mechanisms underlying the sleep-wake cycle;
- The cellular and molecular mechanisms of neuronal plasticity;
- The psychological and neuropsychological bases of learning and memory, perception, attention, motivation and emotion, intelligence and language.
Bibliography
Criteria for the composition of the final grade
The exam concerning the module of Physiology II will consit in an oral examination by at least two faculty members. The exam concerning the module of Psychology will consist in a written test in the form of a multiple-choice test.
